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The Fiscal Year 2020-2021 State Operating Budget was passed by both chambers on July 17th and signed by Governor DeWine on July 18th. AOF and our member organizations achieved significant wins and made progress on policy priorities. Read more...

The Ohio Department of Medicaid is offering an opportunity for Medicaid consumers, providers and advocates to share their comments on how to improve Medicaid managed care contracts. Help consumers tell Medicaid what needs to be fixed and what is working! Read more...

Ohio lags in 14 of the 16 sub-indicators of poverty and ranked 27th in overall child well-being within the United States. Compared to Michigan, which ranked 32nd overall nationally, Ohio performs better in child economic well-being and education but worse in health and family and community. Read more...

Nearly 13 million children in America live in poverty and face harsh realities every day. Their suffering is not an inevitability, it is a direct result of the moral, economic and political choices we make as a nation. Read more...

The purpose and value of this report is to allow
communities, member agencies, elected officials, government entities and others gain a deeper understanding of poverty so that together we can make positive strides to alleviate its causes and effects so all Ohioans can thrive. Read more...

The most recent report, released in 2019 using 2017 data, found that 5.5 million seniors, or 7.7% of the senior population, were food insecure in 2017. The rate of food insecurity among seniors is lower in recent years but remains significantly higher than it was in 2007. Read more...

Though we are heartened by the attention paid some issues, the basic needs and support systems of children and families have been ignored for too long, and our most vulnerable have fallen further away from the quality of life we would expect in a state as prosperous as Ohio. Read more...

The Healthy Ohio Program pulls the rug out from under the number of positive health and human service investments included in the bill by putting the health and stability of over a million Ohioans at risk. Read more...